Bottle-cap remover



71' 1927 F. s. ENKLER ET AL 1'628715 BOTTLE CAP REIOVER .Filed Sept. 27,1926 I IN hum/es Ffederick. s. fl kler. B Y qeorgew. Baird a g; F" '715A HORNE I Patented May 17, 1927.

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FREDERICK S. ENKLEB AND GEORGE W.

BAIRD, OF POU GHKEEPBIE, NEW YORK.

, BOTTLE-CAP REMOVER.

I Application filed September 2'7, 1928. serial Nb. 138,090.

This invention relates to a bottle'cap remover, and more particularly toa hand tool for removing the crown caps from bottles.

Nearly all of the devices now employed- 5 for this purpose notonly-press on thebody of the cap,'indenting it, but the llftlng orprying lug which engages the under edge of the cap, can also come incontact with the beaded head on the neck of the bottle and 1 crack offthe glass.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this class thatshall press on the top of the cap at its edge, and engage the lower edgeof the cap also at the edge but directly opposite each other so that thegreatest leverage is obtained in removlng the cap, and the cap is notindented, and could be used again if. desired. v

A vfurther ob'ect of the invention is to so construct a bottie capremover, that the pr ing lug can not come into contact with t e glass,and therefore no damage can be done to the bottle. n

Still another object being to; provide a device that shall be strong,durable, and made in one piece, and which may combine several articlesif desired, such as a parer,. and an a ple corer.

With these and other-objects in view, our

invention consists in certain construction and combination of parts aswill hereinafter be fully described and claimedand illustrated 1n theaccompanying drawings which form a part hereopf, and in which'likeiigarcs of reference" refer to corresponding "parts in all of the views,but it is understoo that we 'do not con-fine ourselves to the exactdesign as shown, as slight changes may be made withoiit-departing fromthe spirit of 0 the invention. e g Q N In the drawings 2- Figure 1 is atop plan view' of the bottle ca remover; I t I liigure 2 is a sideelevation 'of the same.

4 i re 3 is a. vertical, lon itudinal sec-- tiona view, taken on theline D of Figurel.

Figural is a vertical, cross sectional view,

taken onthe line A'B ofFigure 1.

Referring to the drawings, the device as 80 here shown instamped from asingle piece of sheet metal, and comprises a handle portion 1, which isU-shaped in cross section, and which is integral with a circular bodyportion 2, which is also U-shaped in cross section, the two comprising aring and handle.

The openingB in the ring or body portion is of the proper diameter toembrace a -crown cork 4, without being a tight fit or too loose a fit,the purpose being to center the device on the cap, and thus reventeither the pressing lug 5 or the lifting lug 6' from getting out ofplace.

I The lower edge of .the handle portion 1, is formed with the liftingh1g6 which is below the bottom of the ring 2, and extends inwardlysufiiciently to engage the lower edge of the crown cap 4, and not so farthat it can come into contact with the glass of 7. the bottle. 1

Opposite said lifting lug 6, on the upper edge of they ring? is formedthe pressing lug 5, which engages the top edge of the cap 4 and preventsthe ring from slipping down on the cap, and provides the leverage for,prying off the cap.

If so desired one edge-7 of the handle 1 may be groundto provide acutting edge, WhlOh may be used in paring vegetables, and so the end 8of said handle may also be sharpened to providea corer.

Also the handle portion may be used to carry the name of themaker, oradvertising matter as desired.

It will thusbe noted that the cross sectional shape of the deviceprovides -strength,- while the ring centers it on the cap, and preventsthe'lifting lug from, coming 1nto contact with the bottle.

" Having thus described our invention, what Iwe claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:

A bottle cap remover of the class described, comprising in combinationwith a handle'member U-shaped in cross section, of, a ring portion alsoU-shaped'in cross section 31nd integral with said handle member, and

' adapted to embrace the periphery of the Cap, purpose of lifting saidcap when said handle a pressing lug formed on the 11 per part of ispressed upward. said ring portion and adapte to engage In testimonywhereof we hereunto afiix 10 the top edge of the cap, and a lifting 111gour si t 5 formed on the lower part of said ring and adapted to engagethe lower edge of the can FREDERICK S. ENKLER. at a point opposite thepressinglug for the GEORGE W. BAIRD.

